Saturday, November 21, 2009

Yes - another team for me!! I am just loving them! MONA LISA SMILES opens at POLKA DOT PLUM today!!! And she's having a HUGE sale! I totally love her kits!!

Here's what I created for her so far....This first layout uses her LEMON FUDGE kit! I totally fell in love with this kit...I am going through a grey phase! LOL I am loving grey with pops of color, so don't be too surprised if you see this from me lately!

The word art is by Bethany.

This is a template, I just don't remember who right now. I will edit once I figure it out!

This next one uses a kit called MAMA-RAZZI. New today! Again - loving the grey!! This word art comes with the kit, as well as a few others! Gorgeous colors here!!

I hope to have a couple of more for you soon from Mariska, so be on the look out!! And again, check out the store! It's a great sale!!

Friday, November 20, 2009

Yes - with MOSD products you can make your own storybook! Well, that and in this case, a little help from my friends in the digital world! I will tell you it was VERY EASY.

I used Lorie Davison's A VERY BUSY DAY CHILDREN'S BOOK kit. This is a story written by Stephanie Ralla Salanova and uses Lorie's Digital Graphics. It's actually a kit of Quick Pages. This really means that 90% of the work is done for you! The words are separate...you add the words and your photos to the pages and you have a customized, personalized story book that your child will treasure for a LONG time!

So here we go...

I have used the MOSD 8x8 Acrylic Covers and Chipboard Pages. This will give the book both protection and stability. I joined the pages and covers with "C" Rings (which can be found at your local office supply store) and decorated with ribbons.

These are a few of the pages you will be able to create using this kit - again, they are Quick Pages. Just drag the words (which are also available in a French version) onto your page and add your own photos!

I did, however, create my own back cover using Lorie's DON'T EAT THE WORMS preview kit. I believe this was a freebie on the Scrapbook Graphics Studio Matters blog. Because I didn't use the title page included in the kit - my back cover would have been blank chipboard. So instead, I created a back cover using Don't Eat the Worms and personalized it for my son with the all the credits as well as a dedication at the bottom.

I hope you enjoy these story books and make one of your own! Obviously you can grab a kit like I did, or you can scrap it with paper in your own way, with your own story! Or even tell your child THEIR story - whatever it may be.

Again, I used the 8x8 Coverset and chipboard pages, however, I also printed out several of these pages at 6x6 in size and they were still easy to read - so if you prefer a 6x6 version, MOSD does also offer you the 6x6 option. If you are not doing it with a premade digital kit like I did, any size MOSD album would work to tell your child a story!

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Photoless!! Photoless?!?! Yes - may sound odd...but let's think about all those moments you mah have floating around in your head - and you just don't have a picture to go with it. Do you want to lose that memory? Not likely. Maybe it's just something random...I think these particular Susan Robinson templates are great for BOOK OF ME type things...and they're BRAND NEW TODAY over at POLKA DOT PLUM.

Let me show you mine:

This first one uses a kit by Jen Yurko & JayaPrems hangout and is called CAT'S PAJAMAS. It's a TOTALLY adorable kit and I used it to show my "preference" towards pink pajamas! (I don't actually have a preference - the pink pajama thing just kind of happened! LOL)

Next is a layout about Coffee - or lack there of - and it uses CAFE LATTE by SugarPlum Paperie & Tracie Stroud. Adorable kit! What I forget to say in this layout is I love coffee cups - I just never put coffee in them! LOL

Last, but certainly not least is this one:

This one might be my favorite - it uses SHE GEEK by Shawna Clingerman & Lauren Grier. I don't think you can read the journaling but it talks about how I started digital scrapbooking.

I hope you run over there an check them out! Susan has lots of AWESOME TEMPLATES in the store - so go pick yours up!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

It's not like I don't have enough to do...so I opted to enter some contests! LOL This first one is for Chrissy W.'s Stretch A Sketch. You can find more details on it HERE. The template is Chrissy W.'s from her NAMELESS collection available at Elemental Scraps and the kit is Melissa Bennett's FREEZIN' SEASON available at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

This next one is for a Traci Stroud/Fizzy Pop contest. You can find details about it HERE. The template is Fizzy Pop's and available on Lizzy's blog. The kit is BUBBLEGUM BEAUTY and available at Scrap Orchard.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

We have a new Studio Girl over at Scrapbook Graphics - Crystal Livesay!!! She calls her templates JUMPERS and the Crew had the opportunity to play with them - and boy, did we play!! I made four layouts with them, but there's plenty more inspiration over in the SBG GALLERY! Be sure to go check it out.

Here are my layouts:

Spiderman - using Tangie's HERO OF THE NIGHT (which is actually a collab with DeCrow Designs)

And I did this one, using the DSD GRAB BAG from BZB Designs - who I am guesting for this month. You can now buy all the pieces seperately over at ELEMENTAL SCRAPS.

And that's it for me! You might see another one from me sometime soon...if not - there are lots of other things to see! I have a fabulous post going up tomorrow...there's a new designer coming to...oops! can't tell you! You'll have to come back tomorrow....

I was trying to make an owl! My daughter told me it looked like a turkey even before I added the feathers in the back, so...I added the feathers and made it into a turkey! I am thinking it's pretty cute! If you were really ambitious (and I know I'm not) you could make one for each person at your Thanksgiving table!

This next project was made quite a while ago and it is featured in the DST INSIDER this month!!! I am very excited to be published for the first time! This is made using a couple of collabs from Shawna...MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY - with Lauren Grier and BEEP CHUGGA ZOOM with Kristin Cronin-Barrow.

It's a travel set!! Everything fits in the can - with room to spare so you could throw a couple of dry snacks in there too! It will keep the kids occupied as you take the long trip to visit relatives for the holidays!

There are bingo cards - made with templates from Studio Wendy at Scrapbook Graphics.

There are 50 state cards - for the license plate game! I also put the state abbreviation, capital and nickname on mine so they could be used for a learning tool later!

A travel mug - didn't want to leave the adults out!!

And the top of the can is a tic tac toe board - made with bottle caps and by adhering magnets to the bottom of the bottle caps - really easy to do!

So be sure to stop over at SHAWNA'S store - I am sure you will find her designs are AWESOME as I do!!

This next one is Amy's SWEET TEDDY kit - the template is by BREE CLARKSON...

Last, but certainly not least - Amy's ANGEL SONG, which is available at Daydreamer Designworks as Amy is a guest designer there this month. The template is Lauren Meader's Around Town Tote available at Papertrey Ink.

Here you will find all my creative endeavors and a few family ones!! You will find I have moved FAR into the digital side of scrapbooking and I love it! Take a look around and please comment - I would love to know you've been here!

Disclaimer - As a CT member for the designers mentioned below, I have received their products for free in return for creating and posting projects (digital layouts, hybrids projects, etc). Most of the layouts you see here were done as requirements for these CTs, please be advised that the product used was indeed received for free. Any additional advertising that I may do for them or for the stores with which they are affiliated is purely out of my dedication to these designers and the wish to see their business succeed. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.